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DESCRIPTION:SOWING FOR NEED OR SOWING FOR GREED  This film reveals the connections 
 between multinational chemical companies and the foods they want us to eat. 
  Genetically engineered food crops are seeping into our diets, frequently 
 without our even being aware of it.  Why are these chemical companies 
 buying up all the seed companies in the world?   Can hunger and third world 
 farmers' debts be solved by genetically modified seeds?   Is this new hope 
 or false promises?   Forty years ago "seeds of hope" were planted in the 
 Third World, the seeds of the Green Revolution.  With the help of improved 
 wheat, corn and rice varieties, enough food could finally be produced to 
 feed the starving masses.  Norman Borlaug received a Nobel Peace Prize for 
 the "miracle seeds" he developed.  What happened?  Yields did increase, but 
 only for those who could afford the irrigation and agricultural chemicals 
 that the improved varieties required.  Exporting modern agricultural 
 methods has been good business for the multinationals; but economic 
 dependence, the erosion of genetic diversity in food crops, and 
 environmental poisoning are the prices that the farmer has to pay. \n\nThe 
 films are FREE \nBut donations are welcome \n\nBefore and after the film, 
 everyone's invited to indulge in our Humanist Coffee House.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/30/45553.php
SUMMARY:SOWING FOR NEED OR SOWING FOR GREED
LOCATION:Humanist Hall  390  27th  Street  midtown Oakland  between Telegraph and 
 Broadway  below Pill Hill  parking next door on both   27th and 28th 
 Streets 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/30/45553.php
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